Grad Slam 2024
Click on the finalist to jump to each talk. Watch the announcement of the winners.
A Bacterium’s Journey: From guts to brain
Victoria Chevée
UC Berkeley
Opening doors for Alzheimer’s disease care
Sasha Neil Pimento
UC Davis
Kill the cancer; spare the brain!
Onwodi Ifejeokwu
UC Irvine
Cerebellum: From (un)fashionable to pivotal science
Melis Çakar
UCLA
Gut Viruses: Friends or foes?
Ambarish C. Varadan
UC Merced
Thinking out Loud: Is self-talk a secret to success?
Shannon Brady
UC Riverside
The Brain: An exclusive VIP club
Iris Garcia-Pak
UC San Diego
The magic of language understanding
Ilina Bhaya-Grossman
UCSF
Healthy forests, healthy humans
Kacie Ring
UC Santa Barbara
From Mucus Factory to Virus Factory: A novel gut virus’ global impact on children
Natalie Pedicino
UC Santa Cruz